"Actually," Renee says, "I think I've got that covered..."

Except the Radiant now looks distracted. "Where are you going?"

"Outside"

She heads outside, to Cain on his throne of human flesh. Renee and Huntress follow, trailed, for the sake of frightened curiosity, by a group of young men Renee saw Sister Clarice talking to earlier.

"You have murderers under your protection, Radiant," he's saying. "Does God know?"

"God detests the sin, not the sinner, Cain."

"But what about you, Spirit of Mercy? I can smell the blood on them. Your blood."